Cake board



July 6 1926. 1,591,119

* v N. FULTON CAKE BOARD Filed Feb. 15, 1926 N611 Fulton INVENTORLV ATTORNEY 4 Patented July 6, 192 I l' U TO OF NE Y R N. Y.

CAKE

Application filed February My invention relates to' cake boards, its

object being the provision of a cake board which is simple in construction and manipu-e' lation, which can be produced and sold at a very low cost and which is sanitary and economicalin the handling of cake and other I pastries. "Having in view these objects and others which will be mentionedin the fol-' lowing description, I will now refer to the i i when slicing cake. I v I Figure 4 is an illustration showing the difficulties encountered in cutting'cake without using the cake board.

drawings, in Which g v Figure 1 1s a view 1n perspect1veof one form of my cake board. a n V Figure 2 is a'perspective viewof a slightly modified form ofthe cake board.

Figure il is an illustration showing the manner 1n whlch the cake board is used The cake board consists of a board proper 10 and a handle 11; The board 10 has one of its longer edges shaped. to conform to the surface on which the cake rests. Cakes are often kept on flat surfaces, in whichcase the cake board illustrated in Figure 1 is the most suitable since. either of its longer edges:

can be made to rest throughout its length on a flat surface. cake board shown in Figure 2 should be used since the rounded corners permit the larger portion of the lower edge to rest against the The form shown in bottom of the plate. Figure 2 may, however, be used on a flat surface'by turning it over until its top edge as there shown is at the bottom. The form. may be varied at will, but in gen'eral,. the,

lower edge should be made to conform to the surface on which the cakerests.

The board may be made out of any suitable material. In my own experience I have found the threeply veneer to be very satisfactory, although nearly anyother kind V rgive it an attractlve appearance. The han-i dle 11 is preferably U-shaped and is posi of wood may answer the purpose as well. i The board could also be stamped out of sheet metal and properly lacquered or plated to tioned transversely to the board as shown in Figures land 2. It is large enough to snugly receive three or four fingers. The use of the cakeboard is illustrated in Figure 3. The board is held inone hand,

with the fingerstthrough the handle 11,- against the vsurface of the cake. The slice If the cake is in a plate the.

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of cake is'cut withthe-linife held in the if other hand, the knife, and, board being so against the board.' After the slice is thus cut the boardmay be positioned horizontally 7 with the slice-"of cake on top, "and the slice may then be pushed off from the board onto aplate or it may be cut into strips which V are shoved off individually by means of the knife and without the cake at any time coming intocontact with the fingers. Contrast this now with the difliculties encountered in slicing the same cake without the use of the cake'board as shown in Figure/i. Theonly hope of keeping the Slice intact is in'holding manipulatedthat theslice -is caused to fall the hand against the edge, butv this merely accomplishing anything more than the soilmg of -the hand; .The-slice of cake when served, 1s badlybrolgen and crumbled and it hasthe effect of defining the breaks without is unattractive m'app'earance. Much; of the r cake remains on the-plate in the form of crumbs whlchare wasted.

for slicing-and handling the slices of other- 1 kinds of pastry besides cake.

such a devlce is greatest in. handlingcake The need of' The cake board aflordsa convenient means" Y I because cake is apt tobe-soft, friable, and

sticky, and I'have therefore described my invention with reference to its use in handling slices of cake.

venience of the cake board, itssanitary, feafl loaves of bread and'to deposit the slices in bread. I

construction and utility will be readily ,un-' dersto'od' by others skilled in the art to which t pertains, vvwhat I claimas new and desire States is:'

A" cake board for retaining slices of cake intact during. cutting, comprising a body board having a fiat face for contact with the exposed'surface ofia cake to be slicedand having a bottom edge adapted to substantially conform to the surface supporting th cake'and'admit close contact between said iflat-v face and substantially the entire area tures are' of prime importancerfln cafeterms and restaurants 1t 1 s,"poss1ble' to slice the breadctrays without once touching the Having thus described my invention in such full, clear, and exact terms that its to secure'j- 'by Letters Patent of the United Aside from the conof said surface of'the cake, .and a handle secured across said body board at its outer. side and intermediate its ends, said handle being looped outwardly from the body board handle also engagingover the exposed side i to receive a substantial portion of the hand of the hand to hold the body board thereto therethrough and admit positioning of the When the hand is turned'upwardly for supl hand flat against the outer side of the bodyv porting and carrying the out slice of cake 5 board in a natural position to direotly'press rjd-irectly on-thebody board.

the flat face of the body board against the In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

cake while cutting a slice therefrom, said NELL FULTON. 

